The documentary entitled "The Power of Nightmares (Part 3 - Shadow in the Cave)" by Adam Curtis was shown in class on Monday. How do you relate the information given to you in the documentary to the theory of Media Imperialism that we talked about in lecture?

Blog Assignment #6

Two Critical Reflections:

In our society there are many media tools or application. I choose hand phone as the media application. In my notion hand phone is powerful media tool for mass communication. The hand phone was invented in the 20th century. It has many other capabilities that the normal phone didn’t have in hand. The hand phone enhances the usage in communication, and also other features such as SMS, Bluetooth, and Internet access, GPRS, access to computer files, and etc. The hand phone is a very resourceful tool among media application tools. It obsolesces the normal telephone that we use in everyday life. It comes in handy and easy to carry, Where as the normal telephone doesn’t have these factors.

However, I believe that ongoing usage of the hand phone retrieves the common factor of the telephone, which is communication. It is a very reliable tool that manages to fill our time. Since these hand phones are upgrading very quickly, too many people are becoming obsessed with this media tool. It has an impact on our daily lives; people are spending too much money and profit to get the new upgraded hand phone. I think that people can invest their money in many other resources.

Reflection on Media Culture Class
During this week, the lecturer talked about different topics such as “the extensions of Man”, McLuhans’s theory, and hot and cold media. Some of this topic is somewhat confusing, but throughout time and research it will be easier to understand its message.

Obscenity, pornography and indecency: What are the differences between these terms?

What i know is these three is related to each other but they have a lot diffrent,because Obscenity is something and pornography is something else,when we say pornography what is coming in our mind is nudity and something which we can't accept it in any religion,but the Obscenity is something may be sometimes all of us has it we use it someplaces.
in my opinion pornography is some kind of Obscenity but very bad and it is the worse one.

Media literacy

Media literacy is the practice of admission, exploring, assessing, and producing messages in a diversity of different media forms. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_literacy). Another definition of media literacy is the critical knowledge of the nature of the media, the methods used by them and the influence of these methods. (www.mediaawareness.ca/english/resources/educational/teaching_backgrounders/media_literacy/glossary_media_literacy.cfm).In my opinion it’s very important for a FCM student to have the knowledge of media literacy. Creative multimedia is a major that people get the chance to create and produce art; art in different forms such as movies, music, design, and etc. We learn what to expect from media and the viewers of media. Throughout the course we learn to evaluate, analyze, communicate, and produce messages using different sources of media. As a FCM student my self, this knowledge will help me to be a successful designer in the upcoming future.